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Tom's Featured Tip: 1st Tee Jitters
For simplicity, all advice on actual swings or drills is provided from a right handed perspective.
Many players - including myself - get the jitters on the first tee, especially if I haven't had time to hit the range before my round.
Here are some things you can also do to help you hit a good 1st Tee drive. (For what it's worth, I do all of them religiously off the 1st tee.)
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Always do some warmup exercises or stretches before you tee off. I use a thoracic spine stretch routine holding a couple of clubs
that takes about three minutes, and it stretches the frontal plane, the sagittal plane, and the transverse plane.
I learned about this stretch after I had a back problem two seasons ago, and knock on wood my back has been fine ever since I've been doing it. Here's a YouTube video of the stretch:
Thoracic Spine Stretch
- Away from the tee, take ten non-stop very fast swings with your driver held upside down; grip it near the
head and swing the handle. It will feel very light and should make a pretty good "swoosh" sound. Then swing your driver
normally for five fast, smooth swings.
- After you have teed up your ball, grip your driver upside down again and take five very fast swings about
two inches above the ball.
- Then step away, relax, step back in and hit a good drive.
- It's also worth noting that if you normally slice your first tee shot, tee it up a little higher than normal, and if you normally hook your first tee shot tee it up lower than normal. If you are trying to produce curvature, it's easier to hit a draw or hook if the ball is teed up high, and it's easier to hit a fade or slice when it's teed up low.
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Tom
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Tom's Bonus Tip: Drive For Show or Drive For Dough?
There's been a saying that's been around golf forever - "Drive For Show - Putt For Dough", but I think that saying has run its course.
In fact, I'd even go so far as to say the saying should be changed to "Drive For Dough - Putt For Show". Maybe that's a bit extreme because if you can't putt you can't score at all, but you get the gist.
I say that because there is a direct correlation between the longest hitters on the PGA Tour and the top money winner list.
The takeaway is this: it's in your best interest to learn how to hit your driver to the best of your ability. You can do it through research, watching videos, or taking instruction. Maybe even through an equipment change.
Figure out the best path for you, then just do it.
Enjoy, Tom
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Love your practice, own your swing, own your health,
Tom
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